Science & Health

The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft backs away from the International Space Station shortly after undocking. (NASA TV)

Fragment of the lost Russian cargo spacecraft found in Siberia

Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-04 was lost after it was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 1.

Dec 3, 2016

NASA: Changes in Antarctic skies seen early this year

Electric blue sky has been observed glowing due to the beginning of the noctilucent clouds season earlier than usual this year.

Dec 3, 2016

International Day of People with Disability 2016

World Disablity Day 2016: Some major developments of modern times benefiting the disabled

The theme for IDPWD 2016, a.k.a 'International Day of People with Disability' is: Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want.

Dec 2, 2016

UFO Sighting: Are aliens sucking solar power from the sun? [VIDEO]

NASA images seem to confirm that alien spacecraft are gathering close to the surface of the sun, and are sucking solar power away.

Dec 2, 2016

Delhi take note: Four world cities to remove diesel vehicles by 2025

Delhi has been trying to implement a similar step, and diesel vehicles over 15 years old are already banned in the city.

Dec 2, 2016

National Pollution Control Day 2016: Tips to combat air pollution

It's high time that we improve our way of living to keep air pollution-related ailments at bay.

Dec 2, 2016

'Three-parent' baby: After Mexico, UK likely to allow the treatment next year

The treatment involves replacing the defective mitochondria of the mother with that taken from an egg donor.

Dec 2, 2016

Indian astrophysicist Thanu Padmanabhan wins challenge on dark matter

The challenge was issued 10 years ago in Melbourne by Padmanabhan to prove his ideas on dark matter wrong by 2016.

Dec 2, 2016

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Russian ISS supply spacecraft destroyed 382 seconds into flight

The Progress MS-04 spacecraft never made it into proper orbit without that full third stage burn. Instead, gravity took hold and it burned up in the Earth's atmosphere

Dec 2, 2016

India to launch Chandrayaan-2 in early 2018 to search for minerals and water-ice on moon

The mission will look for, among other things, the abundance of minerals and presence of water-ice on Earth's only natural satellite.

Dec 1, 2016

Jelly-like alien creatures invade California's Huntington Beach

These mysterious beings were unidentified and caused a stir among the people.

Dec 1, 2016

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Fly-by radar imaging shows tiny asteroid

Astronomers have obtained observations of the smallest asteroid ever characterised in detail – at 2m in diameter. Interestingly, the asteroid, named 2015 TC25, is also one of the brightest near-Earth asteroids ever discovered. This animation shows a time-lapse of how radar images were obtained of the tiny asteroid during its close fly-by.

Dec 1, 2016